[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22151]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4463]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in 
Eighteenth Century France''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 
257 of April 15, 2003 (68 FR 19875), I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Colorful Impressions: The 
Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth Century France,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owner. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the National Gallery of Art, 
Washington, DC, from on or about November 23, 2003, to on or about 
February 29, 2004, and at possible additional venues yet to be 
determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: 
202/619-6981). The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 25, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-22151 Filed 8-28-03; 8:45 am]
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